Chair pad



' Feb. 6, 1923.

E. PEARL.

CHAIR PAD.

FILED MAR.14,1921.

Patented Feb.,

EUGENE PEARL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Application led March 14, 1921.

To @ZZ whom t may coaccwt:

Be it known that l,

United fitates,v and a citizen of the of i'ew lori-z city, York and State of New Yoi Enea Nn iii the CHAIR, PAD.

PEARL, a resident county of New l, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chair Pads, of whic specification.

This invention rel seat coverings or principal object th yieldably confining but permitting it to as to the front or si the seat, when released.

A further object ates to improv the pad upon move in any is to h the following is a einents in chair pads and has as its provision of i iieaiis for the seat, direction,

de over the surface of returning it to normal 'position provide such coniining means almost wholly embedded within the fabric of the ing invisible and non and which permits th pad or cushion, thus beperceptible to the user, e pad to be raised from the seat for cleansing and like purposes.

Another object is to produce an eiiicient attaching` means secured to a portion of the seat not clothing.

A still further p fastening means whic to be reversed, thereby surface, which hese and become accessible to the users or their urpose is to provide a the novel h will permit the pad presenting a fresh may be of a different color. other like objects, which will manifest as the des gresses, are attained by tion, combination and ar hereinafter described an cription proconstruen rangement 0f parts d shown in the accoinpanying drawings, forming an essential part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is a view of a conventional t in@` the a lication h n n *igure 2 of the pad.

upper element of the chair being i showing in full lines the normal disposition of the pad and indicating in broken lines the various positions Figure 3 is an view of the pad Stated in general which is characteristic fragmentary perspective ype of chair, showis a plan view of the seat, the

n section,

it may assume when in use. enlarged fragnien and attaching means. Figure is a sectional view t tary plan aken on line terms the invent-ion, ally simple in its nature, comprises any preferred type of pad, cushion or lilre seat covering, the saine containing apertures in its rear edges are confined elastic elements, secure extending ends to th e chair body.

in which d at their' tails of construction,

Serial No. 452,191.

Referring to the drawings iii detail, the numeral l0 designates the seat of a common chair, provided with legs 11, arms 12 and back elements 13.

pad or analogous element 15, usually made of felt and used to prevent the shiny appearance of clothing, due to continuous sliding Contact with the hard polished sui'- faces of common chairs, is split or apei'tured at preferably two points in its rear edge as at 16, and has inserted in the openings thus made, elastic or tensional members, as the close helical spring 17 indicated.

The terminal coils of the spring are bent outwardly in a horizontal plane, preferably two adjacent convolutions 18 at each end and have passed through them eyelets or tubular rivets 19, which are then upset enclosing the coils 18 rigidly between the ends of the rivets.

One of these riveted ends is secured at the bottom of each opening by stitching 2O in a secure and positive nia-nner, while the other extending end has passed through the opening in the rivet a common wood screw 21, held from displacement with the spring end by a washer 22 forced over the body of the screw from its point end as shown. It is to be understood that any forni of tension element, as a flattened coil or zig-zag wire spring, rubber tape or equivalent elastic material may be used and that the fastening devices may be of any approved type.

ln operation the pad, cushion or other article is placed in proper position on the chair seat, and the screws 21 inserted in the usual manner, nothing being exposed except the head of the screw and pad itself.

The garments coming in contact with the pad tend to slightly adhere, causing the pad to move with the body of the person using the chair over the surface of the seat, as is well known; upon rising from the seat the elastic elements instantly restore the pad to its initial position and, due to the hinge effect of the fastenings, the pad can at any time be raised for cleaning or other purposes, and also reversed if a single fastening element is used by merely raising and turning the pad.

lVhile in the foregoing there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood that certain minor changes, in the decombination and arrangement of parts may he resorted to with- L Ji out departing from the spirit and scope oi? the invention as claimed.

I claimn In e device of the class described, the coin- 5 bination with a seat, of a pad disposed over the seat, coiled springs disposed in apertures formed in the rear edge oisaid pad7 said springs having their end coils bent outwardly forming eyes, eyelets fixed in the eyes, means for attaching the eyeiet et the le inner end of said spring Within the ebic of the pad, and means for attaching the eyeiet at the outer end of said coil to the seat.

In testimony whereof have signed any 15 name to this specification.

EUGENE PEARL 

